Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) HC1028-14-A-0002

Contracts & Ordering

Defense Information System Agency

Red Hat, JBoss

Enterprise Software Agreement

This BPA is an Enterprise Software Agreement (ESA) as defined in DFARS 208.74. DFARS Section 208.74 directs software buyers and requiring officials to check the Department of Defense (DoD) ESI web site for DoD inventory or an ESA before using another method of acquisition. The ESI web site can be viewed at www.esi.mil.

This BPA will be posted to the DoD ESI website as part of the ESI program. The web site can be viewed at http://www.esi.mil. The Government will also post this contract to the following sites:

DISA, on behalf of the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI), has established a Department of Defense (DoD) Ordering Agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corp. for Red Hat and JBoss technical services and annual support subscriptions. Items available are listed on the ESI site under Designated Software Categories.

Authorized Users

The BPA is open for ordering by all Department of Defense (DoD) Components. For the purposes of this agreement, a DoD component is defined as: the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DoD IG), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, the U. S. Coast Guard, NATO, the Intelligence Community and FMS with a Letter of Authorization. GSA or other applicable ordering organizations/agencies are authorized to place orders under this BPA on behalf of DoD end users and must comply with DFARS 208.7400. This BPA is also open to DoD Contractors authorized to order in accordance with the FAR Part 51.

Ordering

1.DFARS Section 208.74 directs DoD software buyers and requiring officials to check the DoD ESI website for DoD inventory or an ESA before using another method of acquisition. These steps for the buyer are summarized from the DFARS:

a. Check the Enterprise Agreement Summary Table to determine if software rights or related services have already been acquired and are available from DoD inventory. If they are available, then acquire the designated software from DoD inventory and reimburse the SPM.

b. If the required software rights or related services are not available from inventory or from an ESA, then use an alternate method of acquisition, subject to laws and policy.

c. If the required software rights or related services are not available from inventory but are available from an ESA, then review the terms and conditions and prices, in accordance with otherwise applicable source selection requirements. Per FAR 8.405-3(b)(2), where multiple BPAs are available, before placing an order exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, forward the requirement to the BPA holders with request for spot discounts and evaluate the responses received to determine which BPA holder represents the best value.

d. If existing ESAs do not represent the best value to the Government for the software rights or related services, then seek a waiver from the SPM before continuing with alternative acquisition methods.

2. Delivery Orders.The scope of this effort is worldwide. Delivery requirements and administration will be stipulated on Delivery Orders. Ordering via this BPA is decentralized. Orders are prepared by a Government Ordering Officer (a duly warranted Contracting Officer whose warrant authorizes delivery orders from the GSA Schedule), in accordance with the terms and conditions of this BPA and the GSA Schedule. Orders may be placed by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), credit card, facsimile, on an authorized form such as a Standard Form (SF) 1449 or Department of Defense (DD) Form 1155.

(1) Assisted Orders:The Contracting Officer that administers the BPA may, occasionally, issue the delivery order for a specific requirement as an extra service for an ESI customer. This is called an “assisted order” and it may be appropriate for an additional contracting service fee to be charged. When this is the case, it must be recognized that those contracting fees are not a part of the ESA.

(2) Government-wide Purchase Card Orders:Contact any one of Carahsoft Technology Corp.'s POCs below, fax your order to 703-871-8505 or go to their World Wide Web (www) page for information and ordering (www.carahsoft.com).

Place GSA Contract Number GS-35F-0119Y in Block 2 and a locally assigned GSA delivery order number in Block 4. Block 20 of the SF1449 must include a statement that the order is subject to the terms and conditions of BPA HC1028-14-A-0002.

Or, place BPA number HC1028-14-A-0002 in Block 2 and a locally assigned delivery order number in Block 4.

Open Market (non-contract) items may be added to a FSS BPA individual order, provided that the items are clearly labeled as such on the order, all applicable regulations have been followed, and price reasonableness has been determined by the ordering activity for the open market items.

The completed SF1449 will be forwarded to the contractor at the following address: